I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now, but I’ve been updating the Web site a bit. One of the things that I’ve done is post the first chapter of the Assassin book online. You can read it here. Warning: The Assassin book is an urban fantasy, and it’s a lot darker and grittier than my Bigtime series. →

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I had a happy new year’s post, but it looks my computer has eaten it. So anyway, hope you guys had a great start to the new year. Mine involved football, napping, and working on Assassin 3, so it was all good. 😎 So it’s also time to write down my annual resolutions and goals for 2009. Here goes: WRITING →

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You know that major good news I teased you guys about earlier this week? Well, I’ve finally gotten the greenlight to announce that … drumroll please … the Assassin series has sold! Huzzah! 😎 My wonderful agent has brokered a three-book deal with Pocket (which is part of Simon & Schuster). The first book is tentatively titled Gin on the →

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In between reading and watching the Olympics this weekend, I actually got some book stuff done and finished my second draft of Assassin 2. And it’s a really good second draft. Much better than my normal craptastic second draft. Around 100,000 words, and it probably only needs some minor polishing and tweaking before I send it to my agent for her →

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So after the last post, Edie wanted to know the following about my Assassin books:  First, what does Gin use to get the food stains off her clothes? Second, will your assassin books be darker than your Bigtime books? Urban fantasy usually is dark, but “Southern noir” is an … er, unusual pairing, I’m wondering if it will be more of →

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